Retraction: Ribosomal L22-like1 (RPL22L1) Promotes Ovarian Cancer Metastasis by Inducing Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

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After this article [1] was published, concerns were raised about Fig 4, and subsequent editorial assessment identified additional issues. Specifically,

In light of the cumulative concerns, which call into question the reliability of the reported results, the PLOS One Editors retract this article.

The PLOS One Editors additionally note that the quantitative data underlying the results reported for the experiments in cell lines have not been provided within the paper or its Supporting Information files, as indicated in the Data Availability statement. As such, the article does not appear to meet the requirements of the Data Availability policy in place at the time of submission. However, the corresponding author indicated on follow-up that the complete underlying quantitative data could be provided; as such, PLOS considers that this issue potentially could have been resolved, and it did not contribute to the final decision to retract.

NW, JW, YW, JY, YQ, BP, DS, HS, YY, WS, XM, CZ, JB, FC, SF, and YJ did not agree with the retraction and stand by the article’s findings. DT, JG, and KYL either did not respond directly or could not be reached.